04.07 - On Civil Disobedience (Part I)

Today in class we were focused on Henry David Thoreau's piece On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. We began with a pre-reading activity and then moved into reading and discussing the piece together as a class (see below for our reading activity).

For homework, people should complete the first half of this reading.

Pre-Reading Activity
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After everyone had a chance to respond to this pre-reading question, we discussed the various perspectives that students had on this quote. I then used these ideas to set up our reading of On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.

Reading Activity
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Handouts:
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

Submitted:
Revised/completed assignments

Homework:

Read through to page 09 with today's reading, underlining and annotating the text (~1 annotation per page for the full 20 annotations). Stop on page 09 on the second paragraph that ends with, "Only his vote can hasten the abolition of slavery who asserts his own freedom by his vote."

Revisions: Due this Friday, 4/10

Seventh "Into the Wild" reading log (choice of log 10, 11, or 12)
Eigth "Into the Wild" reading log (choice of log 10, 11, or 12)
Into the Wild In-Class Essay 

Processing Questions: How Chris McCandless Died

Reading Questions: How Chris McCandless Died: An Update

Logic Models: A Taste of Change
Logic Model - Process Reflection